Christmas trees and lights in cities around the world

Britain's largest artificial tree is put up at Cheshire Oaks, Ellesmere Port, Cheshire. Standing 27.5m (90ft) tall, and 10m (32ft) across the mammoth structure is festooned with nine kilometres of white fairy lights made from 100,000 LED bulbs, 1,000 football-sized red baubles and another 20,000 smaller ones. There’s another two kilometres of cabling and everything is held together with half a ton of nuts and bolts...Picture: F Stop Press